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UN ready to consider ECOWAS request to back Mali force

YoopyaJun 19, 20120

By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Monday declared its readiness to consider backing West African military intervention in Mali,

ECOWAS has Mali force troop pledge, still lacks backing

YoopyaJun 18, 20120

By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) – West African military chiefs have secured troop commitments from three nations for their planned Mali intervention force, despite the

W.Africa bloc to send troops to coup-hit Bissau

YoopyaApr 26, 20120

By Richard Valdmanis DAKAR (Reuters) – West African regional bloc ECOWAS plans to send more than 600 troops to Guinea-Bissau in coming days to protect